Genealogist & Historian · Based in Tilburg, Netherlands
More than names and dates. Bringing family history to life.
Original content across nine European counties and their diasporas — created by a historian and genealogist in the making.
— NINE COUNTRIES, ONE RESEARCHER —
Germany
Norway
Italy
Ireland
Netherlands (base)
Poland
Czechia
Slovakia
Romania
Services
We offer a verity of resources surrounding (ancestorial) tourism and genealogy research
Research Services
Specially tailored genealogical research across Central & Eastern Europe and the Netherlands. Tackling your brick walls and helping you discover your family’s past.
Presentations
Specially tailored genealogical research across Central & Eastern Europe and the Netherlands. Tackling your brick walls and helping you discover your family’s past.
Tour Guides
Specially tailored genealogical research across Central & Eastern Europe and the Netherlands. Tackling your brick walls and helping you discover your family’s past.
Research Guides
Specially tailored genealogical research across Central & Eastern Europe and the Netherlands. Tackling your brick walls and helping you discover your family’s past.
Hot off the press!
Recent blog post and updates to the projects we are working on
1st – Most recent post, 2nd projects, 3 custom I put in (deals, news, etc)
DUTCH RECORDS · 6 MIN READ
Reading the Burgerlijke Stand: a first-timer’s guide
What the Dutch civil registry actually contains, and the three mistakes every beginner makes with it.
POLISH TERM OF THE WEEK
Sylwester, and the New Year my family didn’t celebrate
Where the term comes from, what the customs mean, and why my own household did something else entirely.
TOUR GUIDE · TILBURG
A morning in Tilburg’s textile quarter
A self-guided route through the mills and worker housing that built this corner of Brabant.
The angle
Nine countries, and the connections between them
My own family runs through Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Ireland, Romania, Norway, and Italy — which means I’m usually working across several naming conventions, archive systems, and historical contexts at once. Living in the Netherlands adds a ninth thread, and where Dutch history genuinely intersects with these countries — trade, migration, shared conflicts — I follow it. I don’t force the connection where it isn’t there.
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Elias Heritage Services 